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Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate the quality of communication of nurses whose work in the service of neonatology at Children's Hospital of Sonora. Method: The study was correlational descriptive, the population was nurses whose work in the areas of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Therapy, Neonatal Intermediate Growth and Development in the different work shifts. A questionnaire consisting of three dimensions was applied . 1) Communication between nurses, 2) Communication between nurses and doctors and 3) General communication service. Results: Nurses perceived the quality of interpersonal communication as good (mean = 60.4), especially in the realm of general communication service (mean = 67.1), but not in the dimension communication between nurses (mean = 57.5). Conclusions: It is necessary to improving the quality of communication between nurses and with others health team towards ensuring the quality of service for users. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]